Improved wash-boiler



` tbllowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient toenable others skilled in the art to ing making part ol' this specilication, in which the figinspection of ,the interior of the boiler without removing the cover.

` `order that when said sectionsare brought together in placed, and there subjected to the -action of 'ballsor readily introduced within the drum by disengaging the [stent (twine.

'rHOMAs enteritis, or ELYsIAN, MINNESOTA.

Leners Patent No. 100,409, dated March 1, 1870.

IMPRovED WASH-Bomen.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, THOMAS G. HUGHES, of Elysian, in the county of Le Sueur, and'State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wash-Boilers; and I do hereby declare the whichmy invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawure` is a side elevation of the device illustrating my invention, a portionthereot' being broken away to expose its interior. f i

My inventionconsists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to form an improved wash-bodegas will be hereinafter more fully. described. l In the drawings` A represents a sheet-metal boiler, by preference of quadrilateral form. VIt is produced with a top or cover, B, of similar shapeyand intended to form together a closed receptacle. 'i

A lid, C, is made in said cover in order to admit of D represents the drum which is hung `within the boiler A B, on a shaft, E,.w'hose bearings are on the top of the body or boilerl A. This drum consist-sof side disks or pieces F, united by transverse rods or bars G.

These side pieces F are formed in sections, and each section has a proper number` of rods secured to it, in

place, a complete drum is formed.

Within this drum the clothes lto be washed are weights H ou rotation ofthe drum.

Suitable catches, hooks, bolts, or other fastenings are connected to the sides of the drum, and also of the boiler A B, so that theparts constituting said drum and said boiler may be securely'held together.

It will be seen that the weights and clothes are sections constituting it, and the drum in return may be readily4 removed from the boiler byrdisengaging the cover B from the body A.

On the extension of shaft-E, I secure a toothed wheel, J the end of the shaft being squared, to receive the crank-handle L, which `communicates power tothe wheel, and consequently rotates the drum I).

A spur-wheel or pinion, M, -is mounted on the side of the body A and meshes with wheel J. The end of shaft S of pinion M 'is likewise squared, to receive t-he crank-handle L'. g

As it is well known that wash-boilers are not made of very heavy metal, the strain on the side of the boiler which has the gearing J M would soon cause said side to break, and thereby destroy the boiler. To prevent this I secure a strengthening or strong metal piece, N, to said side of the boiler, so as part-ly' to bear the shafts of the gear-wheels, as also to stien' the said side as stated.

It will beseen that when the clothes are placed in the drum, which is located within the boiler, and the boiler` placed on the stove, the operation of washing commences.

The drum is now rotated through the medium of i the crank-handle and one or bothot' the wheels-.I M. Should it be desired to cause a violent agitation of the water, the drum should be rapidly rotated. For this purpose the prank is applied directly to the shaft E. But if it be desired to rotate the drum less rapidly and cause less agitation, as;\vill be necessary for washing fabrics of delicate texture, then the Vcrank is applied to the pinion M. In either case the drum is as easilyoperated, but only at diiferent'degrecs of` speed.

`The water shouldV boil about twenty minutes Aand the clothes be constantly rotated, and thereby sub-v jected to the agitation of the' water and the pounding of the weights or balls. After this the dirty water and sediment are allowed to run' out through a pipe or opening, a, in lt-he side of the boiler, which is then closed up, and clean or fresh water afterward intl-of duced into the boiler, and the clothes turned therein,v when they are soon ready for the line. I produce thus a simple, cheap, and practical device.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let.- ters Patent, is-

The combination of the sectional boiler A B, lid C, sectional drum 1),'gearing J M, strengthening piece N, and squared shafts E S, as andfor the purpose described. v

To the abovespeciication of my invention I have signed my name this day oiJune, 1867. i

f THOMAS G. HUGHES..

Witnesses G. H. STERLmG. I. C. SWATN. 

